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CHESTER, Pa - Notre Dame won its first men's soccer national championship on Sunday, coming from behind to defeat Maryland 2-1 in the College Cup final at PPL Park.

Notre Dame's game-winner came in the 60th minute, when Harrison Shipp curled a free kick from the left side into the penalty area, which was headed home by defender Andrew O'Malley. His third goal of the season broke a 1-1 deadlock between the third-seeded Irish and the fifth-seeded Terrapins.

The national championship featured two of the three finalists for the Hermann Award, handed out to the nation's top college soccer player: ...